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LordTheNightKnight on 18 September 2010
oniyide said:

@lordtheknight  understandably, but what are Wii owners doing???? are they just not playing FPSs cause they have had bad experience in the past? Or are they just playing FPSs on other systems?? Where is this FPS audience on Wii??? My point is the FPS audience is not that big on Wii not even close to the other platforms. We can make excuses about advertisements and not being that good all you want. THere are FPSs on the HDs that werent that good and have had zero ads that still sell better than your average Wii FPS. Until 007 or Conduit 2 do 2mil and COD: BO do as sales wise as the HD guys Im sticking to my belief that the FPS audience is just not serious for Wii. Pointer controls be damned


Well the audience goes where the games are, so make some good games, and they will come (why the Wii had a slump last year, because the games weren't coming from either Nintendo or third parties). Plus those games won't cost as much.



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oniyide on 18 September 2010

@lordtheknight  well for the sake of the fans I hope FPS gamers can peel themselves away from their HD and PC platforms to give the games on Wii a fighting chance. I know I will



LordTheNightKnight on 18 September 2010
oniyide said:

@lordtheknight  well for the sake of the fans I hope FPS gamers can peel themselves away from their HD and PC platforms to give the games on Wii a fighting chance. I know I will


Well that's what I'm hoping from Goldeneye. Should this succeed, any following FPS would be helped, such as Conduit 2.



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mike_intellivision on 18 September 2010

There is not as much gamer media coverage talking about the Wiii because a lot of those people would like to pretend the Wii does not exist. It changed the dynamics of gaming -- and not in a way they would like. As a result, Nintendo will have the top-selling console this generation.

What is not being written about is that unless money-hatted, it is doubtful that third-parties will do a lot of titles that rely exclusively on these motion control systems. For example, Microsoft is predicting 3M units over the holidays. If those are gamers of the more casual persuasion (as motion controller players on the Wii are labeled), why would a third-party expect to have a big seller with such a small base. Most of them run away from making games for the Wii user base -- which is approximately 25 times that size.

 

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Lucas-Rio on 19 September 2010

The Wii sales are dropping but it's unrelated to the others consoles. Nintendo is not affected by that because people who wanted motion control already have the Wii. MS and Sony are just trying to make Wii owners buy their poor products.

 

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hunter_alien on 19 September 2010
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I personally haven't seen much advantage in the Wiimote. Maybe I set it up wrong or something or maybe I have IR interference or maybe my TV size and viewing distance wasn't anticipated by Nintendo. In any case to me the Wiimote is just a less reliable mouse and if the next generation perfects the controller then I wouldn't mind it. However as it exists right now it is flawed and I can attest to the flaws because it doesn't work perfectly out of the box. However the current console controllers on the Xbox 360 and PS3 are certainly good enough. They do the job which is asked of them and they work on all the major genres you see on consoles today.

I never play online multiplayer, its too stressful for me.

 

Well basically, imagine the Wiimote is like a keyboard and mouse. Then imagine the keyboard can fit in your hand, and you dont have to put up with the hassle of using wasd (or, God forbid, using the arrows to turn) and then imagine the keyboard can also be used as a mouse.

 

What do you mean by less reliable?


Hassle? What are you talking about? Dont get me wrong I always hated the keyboard/mouse combo for most the games I played, but for FPSs, its the perfect combo. The Wiimote failed misserably to replace it, and I doubt that Kinect or Move will fare any batter. 

 

Its simply the perfect combo for FPSs and RTSs, and thats that. No matter how hard you try to convince anyone here, this combo is used and will be used for years when it comes to professional FPS gaming

 

 

OT: they hung themselves, thats why. They had a great e3, all the momentum they wanted, all they needed was this TGS to prove that the Wii is not dead 3rd partie wise, and that it still has some fighting chance left in Japan... they failed at it. It won the console war, true, and neither HD console has even a remote chance to take it over hardware or software shipment wise. 

The problem is that the majority of the gaming industry is made up by 3rd parties. They shifted now almost entirely towards the HD twins ( with exceptions like DQX or Goldeneye) so of course that the gaming media will mostly write about the PS360. And lets dont forget, bot HD consoles are also getting brand new add-ons, while there is still no news about the vitality sensor...



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dark_gh0st_b0y on 19 September 2010

people are really fogetting about the Wii, at least in games sales, even the developers are forgetting

piracy is killing the Wii and many great games that deserve more sales, and it's the hardcore that pirate, not the casuals....

Ps3 is also going to suffer, but i hope Sony can reduce piracy throught PSN ban, where no online means no fun for many Ps3 owners



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Conegamer on 19 September 2010
dark_gh0st_b0y said:

people are really fogetting about the Wii, at least in games sales, even the developers are forgetting

piracy is killing the Wii and many great games that deserve more sales, and it's the hardcore that pirate, not the casuals....

Ps3 is also going to suffer, but i hope Sony can reduce piracy throught PSN ban, where no online means no fun for many Ps3 owners


True, but what about all the great 1st and 3rd party games set to come out in the next few months. People aren't forgetting, it's just people aren't acknowledging them



 

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d21lewis on 19 September 2010
Galaki said:

Wii what? Never heard of it. Sounds like some penis joke?


Damn, I'm late!  I came to make a similar joke and you did it with the first reply!!



NYANKS on 19 September 2010
mike_intellivision said:

There is not as much gamer media coverage talking about the Wiii because a lot of those people would like to pretend the Wii does not exist. It changed the dynamics of gaming -- and not in a way they would like. As a result, Nintendo will have the top-selling console this generation.

What is not being written about is that unless money-hatted, it is doubtful that third-parties will do a lot of titles that rely exclusively on these motion control systems. For example, Microsoft is predicting 3M units over the holidays. If those are gamers of the more casual persuasion (as motion controller players on the Wii are labeled), why would a third-party expect to have a big seller with such a small base. Most of them run away from making games for the Wii user base -- which is approximately 25 times that size.

 

Mike from Morgantown

They seem to be learning from Wii's one problem.  They're obviously trying to balance courting casuals and core gamers at the same time.  Don't upset the core, is what I say.  They're the ones that keep coming back.  And not doing motion control games, Wii may have spoiled that.  It seems like motion is perceived as a gimmick still in a way.